Attorneys appealed to the Tennessee governor to pause all executions until next year to allow for courts to review a new ...

An inmate at the supermax prison in Florence charged with killing his inmate may face the death penalty, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi on Friday for the murder of a police officer, draping a hood over his head and ...

The first firing squad execution in over 15 years was carried out last month. It provides a glimpse into how such executions ...

A Florida man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break was executed Tuesday evening.

A Florida man convicted of kidnapping a 49-year-old Miami resident and strangling her to death in Monroe County was executed ...

South Carolina is legally required to keep some protocols secret as it prepares to put a man to death by firing squad for the ...

A Florida death row inmate is scheduled to be killed by lethal injection on Tuesday after a failed appeal citing concerns ...

It’s done. Basically, justice for Janet happened,” said Acosta’s sister, Julie Andrew, who attended the execution. ”My heart felt lighter and I can breathe again.” ...